Ashanti

Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas, popularly referred to as Ashanti was born October 13 the 13th of October, 1980 at Glen Cove New York United States. She's a performer and an actress of in the United States. The talent of Ashanti was discovered when she was a teenager. She was signed to Murder Inc. Records, in 2002. Ashanti was featured in Fat Joe's What's Luv? song that the same year. song and Ja Rule's Always On Time track, both of which became massive hits. In the year she debuted her debut single"What's Luv, at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States and Foolish at number one and Foolish as her first single, she became the first female to reach this feat. She became the first female artist holding both of the highest two positions on the American Billboard Hot 100, with Foolish at number one and the other being What's Loving? The second spot is ours. Ashanti's birthday at this site. Ashanti Shequoiya, better known as Ashanti is a native of New Yorker, born in Glen Cove, New York on the 13th of 13 October, 1980. Tina Douglas, her mother, is a retired teacher of dance. Ken-Kaide Douglas is her father. The Kenashia Shia family is their youngest sibling. Douglas named her Ashanti in honor of Ghana's Ashanti Empire which was a place where women were in charge and held power and influence. Douglas wanted Ashanti to be a part of this model. James her grandfather was a civil rights leader who worked with Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1960s. Ashanti's mother stumbled upon her talents after hearing her singing Mary J. Blige's Reminisce. Ashanti made an appearance as an extra for a child on Spike Lee's Malcolm X (released in 1992) and Ted Demme's Who's the Man? In addition, she appeared in a variety of music videos, including K.R.S. Act One's MCs Don't They Know and Eight-Off Ghetto Girls. After being approached by several record labels like Bad Boy and Jive Ashanti struggled to find success as a vocalist. In spite of this the fact that she was still performing in New York. Then, in the studios of Murder Inc. Studios hoping to get a breakthrough. Ashanti began as a back-up vocalist for Big Pun's track"How We Roll. She also appeared on Fat Joe's"What's Luv?" and Ja Rule's Always on Time. The track was a sample of DeBarge's 1983 single Stay with Me for her first single Foolish. Ashanti has released her debut self-titled album in 2002. It was released on Irv Goti's Murder Inc. label. The Declaration is Ashanti's fourth studio album. It was released on Murder Inc. on June 3, 2008. Hey Baby, After the Club (released via the radio and on digital) dropped on the 16th of October, 2008. The actress starred in the movie Christmas in the City and was Latasha Montclair in Army Wives. Aitch samples in her Rock wit U song for Baby on March 10, 2022.